Man dies following rollover on Wurzbach Parkway on Northeast Side

A man crashed his truck early Tuesday morning while driving west on Wurzbach Parkway near Perrin Beitel Road on Nov. 24, 2015.

A man crashed his truck early Tuesday morning while driving west on Wurzbach Parkway near Perrin Beitel Road on Nov. 24, 2015.

Photo: By Mark D. Wilson/San Antonio Express-News

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A man crashed his truck early Tuesday morning while driving west on Wurzbach Parkway near Perrin Beitel Road on Nov. 24, 2015.

A man crashed his truck early Tuesday morning while driving west on Wurzbach Parkway near Perrin Beitel Road on Nov. 24, 2015.

Photo: By Mark D. Wilson/San Antonio Express-News

Man dies following rollover on Wurzbach Parkway on Northeast Side

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SAN ANTONIO —A man was pronounced dead at the hospital following a crash on Wurzbach Parkway near Heroes Stadium Tuesday morning.

The man, identified by police as Bruce Stokely, 50, had been headed west on Wurzbach Parkway shortly after 7:20 a.m. when he hit the passenger side of a Kia Forte, lost control and crashed through a guard rail just before the exit to Perrin Beitel Road.

Debris in the truck fell onto the highway and is believed to have struck one other vehicle. Stokely's truck, however, came to rest below the highway on an access road, pinning him inside.

A medical helicopter was initially called to the scene but later called off. Stokely was taken to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Police said his mother showed up to the scene shortly after the crash and quickly went to the hospital after learning he had been taken there.